Ornamental hair clip



s. GRANDJS- ETAL 3,106,215

ORNAMENTAL HAIR CLIP Oct. 8, 1963 Filed Oct. 18, 1962 I 4 lo INVENTOR.

STANLEY GRANDIS LEWIS M. BAUM United States Patent Ofiice 3,106,215 Patented Oct. 8, 1963 3,106,215 ORNAMENTAL CLIP 7 Stanley Grandis, 388 Ave. X, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Lewis M. Baum, 454 E. Shore Road, Kings Point, N.Y. Filed Oct. 18, 1962, Ser. No. 231,400 1 Claim. (Cl. 13248) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hair clips and more particularly to a womans hair clip wherein the outer jaw serves as a clamping jaw and as an ornament.

Heretofore, in the construction of womens hair clips the clamping jaws have been of open construction and any ornamentation constituted a separate element attached to the jaws, but because of the open work jaw construction such attachment or ornamentation was either impractical or impossible. Further, such open work construction permitted the hair to become entangled, with consequent discomfort to the, users, particularly when removal of the clip was attempted.

Accordingly, it is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a clip having a pair of clamping jaws, wherein one of the jaws is decorative and ornamental in appearance.

Another object of the invention is to provide a womans hair clip wherein the top clamping jaw is imperforate and adapted to assume a wide variety of configuration and may be made of materials of varying types, textures, colors and the like, and permits ready attachment of jewels, flowers, and the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a Womans hair clip that is simple, durable and inexpensive to manufacture.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings and to the appended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hairdo with a hair clip embodying the invention in operative position thereon.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the hair clip.

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the plane of the line 44 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a spread perspective View of the hair clip.

FIG. '6 is a sectional view taken on line 66 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of a hair clip embodying a modified form of the invention.

FIG. 8 is a similar view of a hair clip embodying a further modified form of the invention.

FIG. 9 is a View similar to FIG. 4 of a clip embodying a still further modified form of the invention.

FIG. 10 is a similar view of a clip embodying yet another modified form of the invention.

Referring in detail to the drawings, in FIG. 2 a womans hair clip embodying the invention is illustrated and designated generally by the reference numeral 10. The hair clip is adapted to be clamped onto the hair 12 of a person as shown in FIG. 1.

The hair clip 10 comprises a body consisting of an upper elongated plate 14 and a lower elongated plate 16 as viewed in FIG. 4. The plates are angularly related as shown in FIG. 4 and are pivotally connected together at one end.

The upper plate 14 comprises an elongated metal body shaped to simulate a leaf of a plant with a tapered body and simulated veins 18, supporting the cellular texture indicated at 20. An integral stem 22 extends from the broad end of the body. An opening 24 is formed in the body of the plate at its broad end adjacent its juncture with the stem. The body of the plate serves as the clamping portion and the stem serves as the handle portion. The plate 14 is preferably gold plated but may be made of plastic or any other suitable material.

The lower plate 16 is formed of metal and has an elongated thin flat tapered body with spaced aligned closed slots 26 disposed longitudinally of the body. At its broad end, the body is outstruck forming an opening 28, the outstruck material forming a spring tongue 30, extending toward the top plate 14. The broad free end of the body serves as the handle portion. The pivot connection between the plates consists of instruck lugs 32 on the bottom plate 16 (see FIG. 5) adjacent to and on both sides of the opening 24 in the top plate 14. The lugs are in the general area of the area of juncture of the handle portion and the intermediate portion 34 of the bottom plate 16 and are appropriately laterally spaced to be engageable in socket holes 36 in the top plate 14 in order to define the pivot area of the clip and to provide the pivot means of the clip and to prevent longitudinal and lateral displacement of the top and bottom plates relative to one another. The spring tongue 30'extends inwardly beyond the pivot area, as shown.

The free end of the tongue 30 extends downwardly into contact with the material of the top plate 14 in order to prevent separation of the plates 14 and 16. The broad free end of bottom plate 16 serves as the handle portion and the body of the plate serves as the clamping portion of the clip.

, In operation, with the plates in the closed position as shown in FIG. 4, pressure applied to the handle portions of the plates in directions tending to bring them closer together causes opening of the clamping portions of the plates to be effected by the rocking of the plates upon one another in the pivot area defined by the lugs and socket openings. During the opening movement, the spring tongue 30 is flexed with its free end sliding on the top surface of the clamping portion of the top plate 14. Release of the handle portions allows the pressure of the flexed spring tongue 30 to force the clamping portions of the plates to their closed positions (see FIG. 4) and to maintain them in this position, under pressure.

The hair clip 10 is particularly adapted for use in the hairdressing art as an ornament for the hairdo as shown in FIG. 1. The clip is opened by pressure on the handle portions and the plate 16 placed next to the head of the user and the plate 14 on top of the hair. When pressure is released the clip is clamped in position, as shown in FIG. 1. i

In FIG. 7, a hair clip 10' showing an ornamental top plate 14' of modified construction and shape is shown, the plate consisting of a tapered body with diamond-shaped sections 40. In all other respects, the clip 10' is similar to clip 10 and operates in a similar manner.

Another modified form of hair clip 10" is illustrated in FIG. 8. Hair clip 10 comprises a top plate 14" having an imperforate tapered body composed of petal sections 44 simulating petals of a flower. The broad end of the body serves as the handle portion and the remainder of the body serves as the clamping portion of the clip.

The bottom plate 16" has an elongated rectangularshaped body having an imperforate end portion 46 serving as a handle portion. The remainder of the body is bifurcated, the bifurcations 48, 48 being formed with closed slots 50, 50. The bifurcated portion of the body constitutes the clamping portion of the clip. The clamping portion is formed with a pair of instruck lugs 32" in the area of juncture of the handle portion with the clamping portion. The clam-ping portion has an angularly disposed inclined section 52" adjacent the area of junction with the handle portion so that the handle portion and clamping portion of the body are roughly parallel but off- 3 set from one another. A spring tongue 30" is instruck from the material of the bottom plate 16". Tongue 30 extends through an opening (not shown) in the top plate 14", engaging the top surface of the top plate, and returns through an opening 54 in the bottom plate.

Still another modified form of hair clip 10 is illustrated in FIG. 9. The clip 10 differs from the clip 10 in that in place of a tongue such as the tongue 30% in the top plate 14 a slightly curved bearing lug 58 is suitably fixed at one end on the bottom plate 16 adjacent its pivoted end. The lug extends through a hole 24 in the top plate. A compression spring 60' is sleeved around the lug and has one end seated on the surface of the bottom plate 16 and its other end impinging against the top plate 14 so as to urge the hinged end of the lower plate 16 downwardly away from the top plate and to urge the other end of the lower plate into clamping contact with the adjacent end of the top plate. In all other respects, the clip 10 is similar to clip 10 and similar reference numerals are used to indicate similar parts.

In FIG. 10, a still further modified form of hair clip 10 is shown. The clip 10 differs from clip 10 in that the tongue 30 extends rearwardly instead of forwardly and its free end engages the under surface of the hinged end of upper plate 14 beyond the pivot lugs 32 so as to urge said hinged end of the upper plate upwardly and its other end downwardly into clamping engagement with the adjacent end of the lower plate 16*. In all other respects, olip 10 is similar to clip 10 and similar reference numerals are used to indicate similar parts.

The hair clips 10", 10 and 10 operate in a manner similar to hair clip 10.

While the improved clip has been illustrated in connection with its use on the human hair, yet the clip is adapted to be used in a variety of ways for clamping objects, and its ornamental appearance enhances the value of the clip in all its uses.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

A hair clip comprising a pair of substantially parallel disposed elongated plates pivotally connected to one another adjacent one end of said plates, cooperating pivot lugs and socket openings adjacent one end of the plates constituting the pivotal connection between the plates, the ends of the plates adjacent the pivoal connecion serving as handle portions, the remainder of the plates serving as clamping portions, one end of one of the plates having an opening therein, a curved lug on the adjacent end of the other of said plates, a compression spring sleeved around said lug, one end of the spring being seated on the end of said other plate, the other end of the spring impinging against the said one end of said plate having an opening therein, whereby the clamping portions are urged toward each other, one of said plates being composed of petal sections simulating petals of a flower and serving as an ornament for the hair.

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